Makeup By Mari

New Journey Ahead

2013-08-22T12:40:00.000-04:00

Hey dolls,

I'm sorry I have abandoned by blog but so much was happening at the same time but I'm back!!

I have signed up to cosmetology school / beauty school and will take you guys on my journey.

Stay tune and join me on my journey.

By the way you can follow me on

Instagram - @whatmarisees
Twitter - @MissMari_007

Until next time, live happy and stay pretty !!

Nicki and Ricky .... MAC Viva Glam

2012-02-28T15:03:00.001-05:00

Hey dollies, as many of you guys know there are many celebrity sponsored products out on the market.

For me personally I really support the MAC Viva Glam series as 100% of the proceeds go back to THE MAC AIDS FUND for the fight against HIV/AIDS.

This time around, Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin teamed up with MAC cosmetics for a two products for VIVA GLAM

A bright yellow toned pink lipstick reatailed at $14.50 and a lip conditioner retailed at $15.00

This is the promo picture used in the ads.

Below is my attempt to recreate her look in of this Ad, Let me know what you think :D

My Attempt at her funny look ^_^

Until Next Time, stay happy and live pretty!!

SIGMAX madness !!!

2012-02-23T14:11:00.000-05:00

Hey dolls !!

As a follow up on one of my previous posts, check out the goodies that I got with the Sigma brush discount posted earlier

This time I got the Sigmax Synthetic Kabuki kit.

These brushes are made from synthetic material so they are perfect for cream products as they will not absorb your product and they are very dense with soft bristles. The best part is that these are vegan and cruelty free.

Check out the break down below

F80- Flat Kabuki
I absolutely love this brush to apply liquid foundation and powder foundation. The bristles are dense and allow the product to apply smooth and thus you end up using less product.

F82- Round Kabuki
This brush is amazing to get the smaller areas of your face such as under your eyes and around your nose. The roundness to it allows for the "airbrush" look effect and can be used for contouring the cheek bones and neck area. T

F84- Angled Kabuki
Depending on the technique this brush can be used in tons of ways from applying foundation to blush to bronzer. It is really dense and allows full control. Also, the angle is perfect to work around the hollows of your cheeks.

F82- Tapered Kabuki
This brush is great for highlighting with cream based products. Due to the tapered shape, this is great to give you precision to the areas you are looking to apply product on.

A part from the great brushes, Sigma gives a free gift with the purchase of $30 or more.

This time I got an E25-Blending brush.

The bristles are the size of a full size brush, the only difference is the length of the handle which I personally do not mind.

There is a special discount code that I found valid thru FEB. 29 2012 and it is LOVE2012.

Until next time dolls and remember LIVE HAPPY, STAY PRETTY!!

LACQUERicious ...

2012-02-13T12:54:00.000-05:00

Lately I have found myself having tons of fun with nail laquer(polish) and thought I could share with you guys some pictures.

I have also been hauling a lot of polish from different brands as there have been so many good deals lately.

But I have to say that my favorite brand has to be ChinaGlaze hands down. They have created a product that I have never seen before. Basically it is a magnet the pulls the polish so that you can have a choice of three designs.

It is really neat when you are actually doing it.

Note the design on the index finger :)

So dolls, don't be scared spring is right around the corner and enjoy!!

Remember Stay Happy, Live Pretty until next time.

Quote of the day .....

2012-02-08T22:23:00.000-05:00

Hey there dolls, so I have been slacking and have not posted very recently but hey everyone has their ups and downs. Whether it is on the professional aspect or on your personal life. Well let's just say my days could be brighter. Whatever the reasons we must always see the cup half full not half empty.

"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion." -Nadia Boulanger

Choice, Everyone chooses the path that they take bearing with the consequences that the chosen path may bring along. It is where we take our lives in our hands and make of it what we choose. It is a wonderful gift that we all should cherish as not everywhere in the world can enjoy this wonder.

Love, the most amazing feeling that makes us human. Whether this feeling is towards your soul-mate, family, pet, career. It is a necessity to keep us all sane and healthy. Love does not have a boundary it is a feeling that for some as myself, makes you feel complete. As doing things you love makes you happy which ultimately produces an amazing chain of effects

Passion, and love work hand in hand to procreate the success of your life. It may seem deep but in reality all the greatest creations of the world were done with the love of the work that became a passion an impulse that makes everything worthwhile.

Everyone has a right to interpret as they please as for myself this is my own interpretation. Until next time my dolls and remember stay happy, live pretty. xoxo

10 Favorite Makeup Brushes.....Plus bonus discount !!

2012-01-04T15:21:00.000-05:00

Hey Dolls, yesterday afternoon I was deep cleaning my brushes and came up with the idea of listing my 10 favorite makeup brushes of all time consiting of both face and eye brushes most of them from Sigma's 12 piece Essential Kit.

Let the countdown begin !!

10. F30-Large Powder

This brush is so soft on my skin and its great for finishing powder or to remove fallout from the eyeshadow. The brush is big and fluffy and makes the final steps of makeup so fast and easy. It literatly takes like 3 swipes to finish my whole face.

9. F60-Foundation

There are so many methods of applying your foundation but my personal favorite way is using this foundation brush to apply my liquid foundation. This brush is soft to the touch with enough stiffness to apply evenly on the skin. Also, due to the color of the bristles, I find it a lot easier to clean. I LOVE IT!!

8. F70- Concealer: This brush is amazing, my favorite feature of this brush is the size. The brush is small so it allows you to get the best covarege. Also, due to the size it allows you to use the least amount product.

7. E55-Eye Shading: This is my go to brow highlighting brush. Its is small and fluffy and blends the highlighting color in your brow beautifully.

6. E60- Large Shader Brush- This brush is wonderful for applying eyeshadow on your lid. Again the size of this brush is my favorite feature. It is stiff enough for applying loose shadow and does a good job blending it. Also, it speeds up the process because of the size.

5. E40-Tapered Blending: This brush is an essential to everyone, it is so versitile. I use it to blend my eyeshadow's crease, to highlight my cheeks, and to apply concealer. I love it. Best part of it is that it rarely sheds :)

4. E25-Blendling- Another essential brush for smokey eyes!! This brush is stiff enough to aquire the best colow payoff and fluffy enough to blend all colors seamlessly.

3. F30-Large Angled Contour: Even though this brush was designed for contouring, I think its way to soft to contour with it but it's my favorite blush brush. It picks up the color lightly and blends it very well. The angle of it makes it easier to blend from the apples of the cheeks to the end of your cheek bone.

2. E30- Pencil - This is a very nice brush that is also very vesitile. I use it to apply color to my tear duct, to deepen my crease line and to created the "V" shape in the outer portion of your eye. It not an essential brush but it really does make your looks amazing.

1. E65-Small Angle: I absolutly love this brush, it is the best that I have for filling in my eyebrows and for lining my eyes. It allows me to be precise and its very easy to clean afterwards.

Also, Sigma beauty was nice enough to allow me to share this special discount code 0112XJML that is valid from January 1 to January 30th.

Until Next time dolls and remember Stay Happy Live Pretty

All About Cheeks !!

2011-12-29T21:25:00.001-05:00

Hey there dolls, many of you have heard of the R rated cosmetics from NARS which come with a variety of very naughty names and have an amazing color payoff.

Well they have created a first ever DANMARI all about cheeks pallet.

This is the first of time that this type of product is created. It comes equipped with 6 very popular shades.

HUNGRY HEART - which is a very sheer highlight color.

ORGASM - A peach pick blush with shimmer that is great for any skin tone

DESIRE - A bubble gum pink blush that will bring a bolder look to that night out

CASINO - A bronzer with very minimal glitter that is my all-time fav for contouring.

SUPER ORGASM- A more bolder version of ORGASM, (even though I would of wished that NARS would off added a different shade)

SIN - This blush is beautiful with more a more violet tone

With this product LESS IS MORE the product is very highly pigmented but works amazing with your blush brush. My everyday blush brush is the F40 - Large angled

Until Next time beautiful dolls, remember live happy stay pretty!!

URBAN DECAY .... beauty with an edge

2011-11-23T22:13:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, I am so exited to share with you beauties my little treasures that I bought from urbandecay.com. I would like to clarify that everything shown in this post was bought with my own money and that everything is my honest opinion.

As most of you know Urban Decay is know for its vibrant colors and long lasting formulas, these cosmetics are one of my personal favorites. They come in a array of colors that are very fun to play with.

The above are the liquid eyeliners that I got in this "haul".
I love them so much!!!!
The brush is very easy to work with and are opaque that with a small amount of the product you get a long way. They are perfect for the upcoming holidays as they a hint of glitter that really makes the color pop.

I also got the Urban defense tinted moisturizer, I heard very good things about it and I would like to give it a shot. So far, I like the texture and light feeling of the moisturizer but need to give it some more time to make a clear review of the product.

I completely fell in love with this eyeshadow. Its called chronic, it is a lime green color with a hint of shimmer. I love it !!!!

I also bought this product that is supposed to change any eyeshadow into eyeliner. It works pretty well but requires a lot of product to get a good opaque color. I am still trying it out but so far it's ok ^_^

This is the make-up remover Clean & Sober, my comments for this one is that it does the job pretty well. It gently takes away the makeup and it has an awesome scent ;)

This has to be my favorite type of eyeliners, the product is so good it just glides on your eyes effortlessly with amazing pigment.

Eyeshadow Potion in Eden. I love the matte effect that blends well with all skin tones.

I hope you enjoyed the urdan decay awsomeness.

Until next time, remember live happy and stay pretty !!

New Updates

2011-11-06T20:38:00.000-05:00

So I have been neglecting my blog but have decided to commit myself and dedicate time to evolving this new passion.

As you can see I have significantly improved the layout and check out the new tabs that I have included.

I am going to start posting new pictures of my work.

Enjoy !!

Hey Everyone !!

2011-08-21T15:15:00.000-04:00

Welcome everyone to my beauty blog! Here I will showcase my work. This page is under construction. Please tune in soon for further updates.